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279: Nadia Davids, Jim Collins and Brian Lara: Excellence and Leadership
Dear friends Last week’s letter, Self-Doubt and Success: What J.M. Coetzee Teaches Us About Becoming, was a step outside our normal flow. I was, perhaps unsurprisingly, filled with doubt as…
#210: The Inner Work of Leadership: Caring for Yourself and Others
Good morning friends Today is more essay than letter. It’s a bit long. I apologise, but is about your self-care, about self-care for leaders. It needed the words. I’d love to…
#204: Turning Vision into Action
Good morning friends Our last two letters focused on the power unlocked by building a scaffolding of meetings in our businesses. Regular, focused flows of communication are the heartbeat of…
#202: Adapt the nothing
Good morning dear friends Today, we start with soul for reasons that will become clear. /soulThere are many translations of the Tao Te Ching’s eleventh verse. Each translation presents a…
#151: Librarians are superheroes
When I was a child, my parents had a friend who visited most Decembers. Over the years it became customary that I was given time to ask in detail about…
#136: You got the job. Now what? (PT 2)
You got the job. Now what? Today is our second letter on achieving success in your new job. Last week’s letter focused on some of the first steps you should…
#116: Take A Starter Step
Good morning friends If this is the first time you’re reading this letter, you can subscribe here and learn more about my coaching practice here. This week The Doc, a documentary about one…
#112: Thank You Jim Collins!
Two weeks ago, we spent a few days in Seaforth, Simonstown. It is a small suburb that hugs Boulders Beach sanctuary, home to the African penguin. You know that you’re…
Operational Excellence
Two weeks ago, I told you that the letter had written itself. Today’s letter most certainly didn’t. I have struggled. There are successes and joy in the world. There is…
Three Quotations To Consider
Hello Everyone Today’s letter is lucky number 13, our thirteenth letter of the year. We’re in April. Remember where you were this time last year? Yep, locked inside! I went…
Some Leadership Lessons
Dear friends Thank you for the replies to last week’s letter, What World Do You Want? It is never an easy decision for me to turn my attention to the broader socio-political…
Shaping One’s Destiny Despite The Circumstances
Good morning Thank you everyone who sent me feedback on the design work. Today’s letter continues the experimentation with design options. Let me know what you think. Incidentally, if you’re…